Loose Ends: Words, like clothes, go in and out of fashion

“Dude” is one old-fashioned word that has become modern. It is now back in fashion, but the new meaning has nothing to do with the word that was bandied about in the early days of this community. When it was first used, it was not considered a form of address. Mostly it was said in a derogatory fashion, as in, “I took the only shotgun left in camp by the dudes.” The word tenderfoot usually…